GRE Word List

POTENTIAL

existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality

The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.

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lubricateto make smooth or slippery
adjutanta staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence
magistratean official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as
freneticmarked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem
vivaciouslively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
irrelevantnot relevant : inapplicable
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative